Tiina's giveaway

יום שישי, 31 באוקטובר 2014

Time doesn't stand still. I can hardly believe it is almost 4 years since I started writing on this blog.

In gratitude to all my friends, especially those who keep leaving inspiring and and encouraging comments on my posts, (I know how hard it is to write backwards here...).
This will be my new giveaway. As I said before, it is very difficult to find Christmas miniatures in the land of the Holy Bible but I hope toys for the miniature dollhouse children to be placed under the tree will be welcome.

To take part in the draw, you only have to be a follower and leave a comment here, on this post.
The draw will be on November 27, this blog's anniversary day.

Conny's comment on my previous post inspired me to make this giveaway.

The table and chairs are the right size for a mini child play room and also a good size for anyone
who purchased a Fantasy Villa.

Happy Halloween Day and greetings from the Skellies who just hate to leave the premises of
the fantasy house.

A warm welcome to Irina, a fellow country lady with a very interesting blog and a Christmas giveaway.

Skelly: You are right. Maybe they are just as curious as we are. After all there is nothing to haunt here. The house is new, no living soul, except for the black cat who is more scaring then scared and almost no furniture. A good house to haunt should be at least a century old.

Skella: I wonder if we shrink when we become ghosts.

Skelly: Ghosts, like skeletons, come in different sizes. They're boneless and can adjust themselves to match the size of the house they haunt.

Skelly: Since we're already here, let's have fun and climb up.

Skella: What are we doing up here?

Skelly: I have a confession to make. I always wanted to be a fiddler on a roof. This, even without the fiddle, feels like a wish comes true.

Skella: I long for the day I'll become a ghost. (deep sigh)

Skelly: So much to look forward to. (deep sigh)

To be continued, a century later. ( Or next year?) Let's look forward to see what this living-happily-forever- after pair will be up to.

Dear readers, I had fun making up this nonsense but please
excuse my struggling English. Happy soon coming Halloween.

Now it's time to get busy with the Christmas decorations as well as creating more furniture for the almost empty house.

יום ראשון, 5 באוקטובר 2014

Last week, we took a little vacation visiting my home town Haifa. I'm always happy to go there and reunite with some of childhood friends with whom we keep in touch. We returned on Friday to stay home for the Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur is a day when everything comes to a stop. No
transportation, public or private, except for emergencies. No open restaurants or cinemas, theaters or other entertainment. Religious people fast on this day. Those
who are not strictly believers eat but try not to offend the others. No local broadcasting on TV and
Radios except for foreign channels. It's also a day when you ask pardon from anyone you offended.

It's really relaxing to be able to sleep late without having to listen to noisy traffic outside. Friends and family can arrive unexpected and a good time is had by all.

Today is back to normal and I can show you a few of the spooky minis I collected for Halloween.

The sculls are plastic beads. The gold plated necklaces, bought two years ago, are scull masks. The earrings were very cheap, about $0.25 each pair.

I painted the golden sculls with acrylic beige and "dirtied" the too white beads with a brown wash.

I have to find a better way to make ghosts.

I forgot to show you this photo of me at the exposition entrance.

Here are some pictures from the internet of the Haifa beautiful Bahian Gardens.

פרטים עלי

My name is Drora. My hobbies are dollhouse miniatures, classical music, folklore arts and crafts from all over the world. My interests are languages and books.
I collect dollhouse miniatures and also make some myself. I have a small collection of books on this subject and for a long while subscribed to a dollhouse magazine.